Led, of course, by Salon's Andrew Leonard, for whom no amount of subsidy is ever enough, and no amount of state intervention can possibly suffice. The reality is far different, of course, and starts with the lousy energy density of solar; but we are dealing with a very heavily government-controlled "market" that is steadily eroding as subsidies decline. The myth of green jobs is something like promising to feed people with tasty barbecued unicorn ribs.
True that. "Hide the decline" are not the words of someone concerned about finding the objective truth, but rather of someone determined to get to the answer he already believes in. That is, he is a polemicist.
I don't post nearly as often as I used to; as Slashdot has grown, it has become more orthodox in its political positions, and hence more likely to crush minority voices (<libertarian>) with the moderation system. But that doesn't mean I don't continue to use Slashdot as a valuable resource for pointing out stories of interest in tech and the sciences -- and sometimes, of momentous news of our time. It was Slashdot, not cnn.com or any of the other news sites, where I first learned of the 9/11 attacks (no one else was up to the tremendous load). You have done well. Best of luck in your future endeavors.
If you read his doctoral thesis, you'll understand why he changed to medical work: he believed that he had killed off his favorite short-path approach for fusion as a dead end.
I was a fresh-outta-college CS major working at the then-aerospace behemoth Hughes Aircraft Company. We had been connected to Usenet mail and newsgroups using the very highfalutin' and expensive Telebit Trailblazer modem, one of the first 9600 BPS modems to hit the market.
The first evidence I can find of my former self is at the Telecom Digest archives, on a thread about phone repair service in the September 9, 1991 digest. I'm quite certain I was active on that list prior to our office's conversion to Internet mail, but it was a very big deal at the time.
as they have been manipulated to sound different. The infamous WHO study was so mealy-mouthed as to be capable of saying almost anything the reader wanted.
The Treasury Department is due to pay off $30 billion in maturing short-term debt. But we also know that the Treasury has the ability to prioritize its payments and pay that particular $30 billion out of the $172 billion it collects in tax revenue. As the Bipartisan Policy Center has calculated, after paying $30 billion in interest payments in August, Treasury could, if it ceased all other functions (see page 13 of this document), also pay for Social Security, Medicare, unemployment benefits, and payments to defense contractors. Technically speaking, there is no need to default in the absence of a debt ceiling agreement.
It is really difficult to have enough contempt for this man; Glenn Greenwald's "The Tom Friedman Disease" is a good example of the kind of half-digested pap he routinely emits. Instead of looking at this gimmick and calling it a gimmick, he pats himself on the back with this unbearably asinine summary:
What Amazon.com did to books, what the blogosphere did to newspapers, what the iPod did to music, what drugstore.com did to pharmacies, Americans Elect plans to do to the two-party duopoly that has dominated American political life — remove the barriers to real competition, flatten the incumbents and let the people in. Watch out.
So, um, Tom, shall we ask a few slightly important questions, such as, how does this party hope to get candidates on the ballot when they aren't even registered as a party in the many states? Politics are nothing like distributing books or drugs. The fact that he glosses over this entirely is why I hold the man in such low esteem.
He is a thirteenth-rate thinker who, for reasons that are entirely unclear, has been drastically wrong about a very great deal and yet continues to hold his position on the New York Times' opinion pages.
The "too many library books" thing is a little disingenuous; I wonder whether JSTOR's servers were capable of keeping up with this kind of assault (assuming the factual description of this event is correct). On the other hand, this looks like government deciding to throw the books at this guy because they don't like his organization, and are using this as a pretext.
No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
In other words, what California and New York and all the whiners who are trying to install sales taxes on material from other states is a straightforward violation of the Constitution.
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Led, of course, by Salon's Andrew Leonard, for whom no amount of subsidy is ever enough, and no amount of state intervention can possibly suffice. The reality is far different, of course, and starts with the lousy energy density of solar; but we are dealing with a very heavily government-controlled "market" that is steadily eroding as subsidies decline. The myth of green jobs is something like promising to feed people with tasty barbecued unicorn ribs.
What's it for? No surprise, domestic spying.
His proxy doesn't do what he claims it does locally. His larger claims are considerably in doubt.
True that. "Hide the decline" are not the words of someone concerned about finding the objective truth, but rather of someone determined to get to the answer he already believes in. That is, he is a polemicist.
I don't post nearly as often as I used to; as Slashdot has grown, it has become more orthodox in its political positions, and hence more likely to crush minority voices (<libertarian>) with the moderation system. But that doesn't mean I don't continue to use Slashdot as a valuable resource for pointing out stories of interest in tech and the sciences -- and sometimes, of momentous news of our time. It was Slashdot, not cnn.com or any of the other news sites, where I first learned of the 9/11 attacks (no one else was up to the tremendous load). You have done well. Best of luck in your future endeavors.
It is indoctrination, the inculcation of the reflex to knuckle under to petty authority. Pedagogy takes a distant second to this primary urge.
Anyone who founds a company dedicated to spying for the CIA and NSA can't be too libertarian.
Majikal lasers hitting thorium, and whoosh, electricity? What is the physical mechanism for harvesting this electricity?
This smells like naked fraud.
Someone working for MIT, a crackpot?
Doesn't that seem a little far-fetched?
If you read his doctoral thesis, you'll understand why he changed to medical work: he believed that he had killed off his favorite short-path approach for fusion as a dead end.
Also the man who has so far explained why inertial-confinement fusion can't work. Maybe.
I knew he was involved in medical research, but this is pretty awesome.
I was a fresh-outta-college CS major working at the then-aerospace behemoth Hughes Aircraft Company. We had been connected to Usenet mail and newsgroups using the very highfalutin' and expensive Telebit Trailblazer modem, one of the first 9600 BPS modems to hit the market.
The first evidence I can find of my former self is at the Telecom Digest archives, on a thread about phone repair service in the September 9, 1991 digest. I'm quite certain I was active on that list prior to our office's conversion to Internet mail, but it was a very big deal at the time.
Who cares what Google's prime business is? The similarities to the MS antitrust case are nonexistent.
Collecting a paycheck.
as they have been manipulated to sound different. The infamous WHO study was so mealy-mouthed as to be capable of saying almost anything the reader wanted.
Demanding these heroes of the people show their work. What's next, letting actual statisticians vet their modeling?
<runs in terror>
That is an awesome comment.
As the Slashdot commentariat has gotten ever more liberal over the years, it has also become a mirror for their talking points. In particular, hitting the debt ceiling is not the same thing as a default.
It is really difficult to have enough contempt for this man; Glenn Greenwald's "The Tom Friedman Disease" is a good example of the kind of half-digested pap he routinely emits. Instead of looking at this gimmick and calling it a gimmick, he pats himself on the back with this unbearably asinine summary:
So, um, Tom, shall we ask a few slightly important questions, such as, how does this party hope to get candidates on the ballot when they aren't even registered as a party in the many states? Politics are nothing like distributing books or drugs. The fact that he glosses over this entirely is why I hold the man in such low esteem.
He is a thirteenth-rate thinker who, for reasons that are entirely unclear, has been drastically wrong about a very great deal and yet continues to hold his position on the New York Times' opinion pages.
... I reckon "die" is all that's left.
The "too many library books" thing is a little disingenuous; I wonder whether JSTOR's servers were capable of keeping up with this kind of assault (assuming the factual description of this event is correct). On the other hand, this looks like government deciding to throw the books at this guy because they don't like his organization, and are using this as a pretext.
The Neanderthals didn't become extinct so much as they merged with H. sapiens.
Oh, nonsense. Article I, Section 10:
In other words, what California and New York and all the whiners who are trying to install sales taxes on material from other states is a straightforward violation of the Constitution.
The author of this piece has confused the public switched telephone network with Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS). The PSTN isn't going anywhere; the question is, will old-fashioned analog phone service?
Just plain stupid for customers. No control over your data.
Nah, that'll never work.
The point of a fuel cell would be to burn fossil fuels more efficiently.